Members of this group may well remember the British comet and nova discoverer George Alcock (1912 - 2000) who discovered five comets and five novae between...
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martin mc kenna
martinastro2003
Jun 3, 2006 9:44 am
Thanks very much for that Martin I am a big fan of George! Regards Martin Mc Kenna N.Ireland Martin Mobberley <martin.mobberley@...> wrote: Members...
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Jose Pablo
darkman71es
Jun 3, 2006 10:52 am
Hi all , In the web of comets http://webs.ono.com/jpab update the light visual curve of comet 73P/SW_3 C , 338 visuals magnitudes . Regards , J.P.Navarro Pina...
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pat stonehouse
discoverer98
Jun 3, 2006 3:51 pm
Martin, Excellent article about George. Am reading "Under an English Heaven" now for the third time. Regards, Patrick Stonehouse ... ...
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Mark S Deprest
msdeprest
Jun 3, 2006 4:13 pm
I have been wrestling with myself over the pro's and con's of these filters, and I was wondering what this group thinks. I currently own Lumicon's OIII and UHC...
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Bob King
joviansky
Jun 3, 2006 5:49 pm
Hi Mark, I've been using one for years and can highly recommend it. The majority of comets show little to no enhancement but on certain ones, the filter works...
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schmidtcamera2500
schmidtcamer...
Jun 3, 2006 6:25 pm
... Hi Quanzhi good work, maybe you or someone in the group could help. in the files section i create a folder (73 P SW3) and uploaded images from 73P B and C...
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Mike Holloway
tricks46
Jun 3, 2006 7:08 pm
... done a ... fragment ... it. ... files ... them ... Michael. I have a question for you about one of the images posted. At the link of C fragment ...
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schmidtcamera2500
schmidtcamer...
Jun 3, 2006 8:12 pm
... hi mike it is a framgent. we observed this mini comet on several nights michael...
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Peter Birtwhistle
pbirtwhistle
Jun 3, 2006 10:47 pm
... Michael, Exellent images, especially 73P-B20060601UT340s3x100s%20Kopie.JPG where there seems to be the suggestion of material most of the way between your...
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tom6740
Jun 4, 2006 5:31 am
Hello Michael, Nice images indeed, and I think it's neccessary to confirm those faint comets, as they seems to be unknown ones. Unfortunately the weather at...
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tom6740
Jun 4, 2006 5:34 am
Hello Michael, I just take a look -- sorry, as your FOV is large, these fragments might be fragment G (? I thought it had disappeared) or something else. ...
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Rodney Austin
rodcomet
Jun 4, 2006 7:34 am
Hi Mark, I am a visual comet-hunter, with a deep interest in the imaging you guys do. I have used a Swan band filter for years, and it definitely improves the...
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Rodney Austin
rodcomet
Jun 4, 2006 7:36 am
Ooops! I got a bit confused and thought I was posting to an imaging group I belong to. ;:-$) Cheers Rod Austin...
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cnj999
Jun 4, 2006 4:07 pm
... what ... An excellent, multi-purpose, accessory I'd strongly recommend to any serious comet observer. JBortle...
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schmidtcamera2500
schmidtcamer...
Jun 4, 2006 6:33 pm
Hello Quanzhi and Peter thank you for given hint. i don' believe, that this are G-fragments. i send to IAU some positions. maybe i will hear something. michael...
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ralf_vandebergh
Jun 7, 2006 12:30 pm
To the observers, Here is a movie of comet C/2004 B1 Linear on June 6.(last night) The movie shows the movement in 82 minutes time.Moonlight was strong during...
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ralf_vandebergh
Jun 8, 2006 5:53 pm
To the observers, These are observations of comet C/2004 B1 (Linear) on June 8. The image is a composite of the data of all images of the session. The movie...
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Maik Meyer
maiki666
Jun 8, 2006 6:09 pm
Ralf, (and all), ... please post such "routine" observations with no special events rather to Comet- Images instead of comets-ml. Please remember my polite...
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Mike Holloway
tricks46
Jun 10, 2006 8:33 pm
Interesting orbit for northern parts. Any one think this will do better than 13th mag? I wouldn't know what to look for which would signal a good better show...
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John Drummond
john_drummon...
Jun 10, 2006 8:53 pm
Hi Mike, according to GUIDE 8.0 software (after loading the elements in), this is the ephemerides at 5 day intervals. Better for you northern folk - not for us...
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Mahmoodreza Samiei Za...
astronomyboard
Jun 12, 2006 9:16 am
In the name of GOD Dear researchers , professors , students , company's , astronomical groups & ... This is Mahmoodreza Samiei Zafarghandi . I am student of...
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ralf_vandebergh
Jun 12, 2006 3:19 pm
Hi all, For who is interested; I have posted a movie in the comet-images group, all data is combinated of 2 nights observations.Total stretch of the movement...
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Juan Lacruz
juan_lacruz
Jun 12, 2006 8:19 pm
I'd like to know if there're typical heliocentric ranges at which different types of ice start sublimating. Regards, Juan...
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GWMobile
geopass2001
Jun 14, 2006 4:58 am
Anyone have a good estimate of total seperation of 73P fragments now? I'd like to get an estimate of the "cloud" size radius if possible. And are small...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Jun 16, 2006 12:34 am
Hi all, few hours ago, IAUC Nr.8721 reported the discovery of yet another comet by R. H. McNaught. Currently this target is placed in Centaurus, some 37...
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Robert McNaught
rmn@...
Jun 16, 2006 1:06 am
I saw no evidence visually, or in the instrumental magnitudes to believe there is any variation in the brightness of C/2006 L2. The central condensation is...
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gvnn64@...
gvnn64
Jun 16, 2006 3:14 am
... Hi, thanks for your comment. So, again the Occam's razor... Cheers, Giovanni...
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cnj999
Jun 16, 2006 12:07 pm
... around June 15.199-15.205, showed a full magnitude variation of the comet, in a matter of just 10 minutes! If real, this is quite a variation, and...
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gvnn64
Jun 16, 2006 12:42 pm
... total ... of ... Hi John, thanks for your comment. I read again the above mentioned IAU Circular, but I cannot understand (possibly due to my poor English)...